9. Two lizard populations were found on opposite sides of a mountain. On a particular gene A, the following genotypes (together with the corresponding frequencies) were observed: AA Aa aa Population 1 38 Population 2 0 44 18 80 20 a. Calculate the frequencies of A and a in the two populations. b. Calculate and establish if either of the two populations appear to be at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. c. A huge flood opened a canyon in the mountain previously separating population 1 and 2. They were then able to migrate such that the two populations mixed completely and mated at random. Determine the genotype frequency of the next generation of the new combined population.
Genetic Variation
Genetic variation refers to the variation in the genome sequences between individual organisms of a species. Individual differences or population differences can both be referred to as genetic variations. It is primarily caused by mutation, but other factors such as genetic drift and sexual reproduction also play a major role.
Quantitative Genetics
Quantitative genetics is the part of genetics that deals with the continuous trait, where the expression of various genes influences the phenotypes. Thus genes are expressed together to produce a trait with continuous variability. This is unlike the classical traits or qualitative traits, where each trait is controlled by the expression of a single or very few genes to produce a discontinuous variation.
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